JDM produces 2012 women's basketball preview

Head Women's Basketball Coach, Sue Ramsey stopped by JDM's Center for the Arts studios to preview the upcoming women's basketball season. Look for the interview on AUTV-20! 

Cleveland Cavaliers TV Director visits JDM Directing class

JDM's Scriptwriting and Directing class hosted a special guest recently in our Center for the Arts Studios. Dan Sevic, the television Director of the Cleveland Cavaliers' broadcasts on Fox Sports Ohio, stopped by to talk about the craft of television directing, staying cool under stress, leadership and the passion required to make it in today's hyper-competitive media industry.


A veteran Video Editor-turned Sports TV Director who also owns his own production company, Sevic enjoys working with aspiring media students.

AUTV-20 News Update!

JDM is now airing the homecoming edition of the Eagle News Update on AUTV-20. Senior Radley Stahl produced, Senior Hilary Neal directed and Junior Elizabeth Bucheit and Sophomore Chris Beisel anchored.

JDM premieres the first of two talk shows on AUTV-20

CAS Spotlight debuted this semester on AUTV-20. Episode one, hosted by JDM major Rebecca Ribley, featured Tricia Applegate, the Coordinator of Performing Arts Publicity and Events. CAS Spotlight is a new television venture designed to promote and enhance the many great people and programs within Ashland University's College of Arts & Sciences.

For the Dr. Dawn Weber, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences,  the new talk show is a great way to share all of the many happenings inside the college.

"I am excited about the premiere of CAS Spotlight on AUTV-20! Produced by students and staff of JDM, this show features upcoming events, programs and topics that will interest our surrounding Ashland community and beyond. We look forward to highlighting the many great programs as well as fascinating areas of research being conducted by our faculty and students!

Look for more great CAS happenings in the Spotlight on AUTV-20.

AUTV-20 News Update

JDM produced the fall's first Eagle News Update for AUTV-20. Senior Radley Stahl produced and Rebecca Ribley and Kristen Yenny anchored.

JDM professor convenes journalism panel

Matt Tullis, assistant professor of journalism and digital media, was asked by Creative Nonfiction literary magazine, to convene a virtual panel to discuss journalism as a form of creative writing. Over the summer, Tullis exchanged emails with Chris Jones, a writer at large for Esquire magazine; Thomas Lake, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated; and Ben Montgomery, an enterprise reporter at The Tampa Bay Times, discussing the subject. The piece will be published in a future issue of the nationally-distributed literary magazine.

JDM TV Advisor nominated for Emmy

JDM Professor Tim McCarty received an Emmy nomination from the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his work on a 2010 documentary and musical concert show project shot in HD. The program featured the University of Akron’s Steel Drum Band and aired on PBS 45/49 in February 2011. 

The Hammer on Steel Trailer:

McCarty was nominated in the #60 Crafts: Director - Live or Live to Tape category and traveled to Indianapolis for the Emmy night gala held on the infield of the Indianapolis 500 racetrack in June. He did not win (he lost to an Ashland alum, Pat Murray '74, who directs the Cleveland Indians!) but as the saying goes, “He's proud to have been nominated!”